This isn’t sitting well with many local officials, including Sununu, who is asking the Executive Council to approve his request to call lawmakers in for a special session. He wants the legislature to pass a bill that would slow or block another state’s attempt at collecting from a Granite State business.

Some Democrats including Executive Councilor Chris Pappas support the special session, but also want lawmakers to tackle an unrelated issue: low Medicaid reimbursement rates for mental health and addiction treatment services.

“I think if our elected officials are called back, then they should deal with the most pressing issue facing New Hampshire, and that continues to be the opioid crisis and the mental health crisis that this state faces,” says Pappas.

Lawmakers recently agreed to extend the Medicaid expansion program in the state, but under a new system that will result in lower reimbursement rates for providers who serve people with mental illness and addiction issues.

“These facilities are very fragile. They don’t have a financial plan that allows them to have the stability that they need,” he says.

Pappas says he will vote to approve the governor’s request for a special session even if the reimbursement issue isn’t included in the agenda.

Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky, a Democrat, is on record saying he won’t vote for the special session. In an op-ed published last weekend on SeacoastOnline.com, Volinsky says that “new interstate trade barriers will invite litigation and won’t likely be effective.” He calls the session a “waste of taxpayer money.”

Governor Sununu’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on whether he will include Medicaid reimbursement in his proclamation for a special session. Republicans hold a 3-2 majority on the Executive Council, which will take up the issue Wednesday morning during its meeting at the Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield.

A New Hampshire joint legislative task force has been formed to review potential legislation dealing with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax.

Its creation comes in preparation for a possible special session of the state Legislature to pass a bill protecting the state's tax advantage.

The bill would require any jurisdiction seeking to collect sales taxes in New Hampshire to get approval from the state's department of justice, and would authorize the attorney general to file expedited lawsuits against scofflaws.

A major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week could force New Hampshire businesses to collect a sales tax on behalf of other states.

The ruling in the case of South Dakota v. Wafair overturned more than 50 years of legal precedent. The decision is seen as a blow to New Hampshire businesses, which say collecting a sales tax on behalf of other states is burdensome.

Morning Edition Host Rick Ganley spoke with Taylor Caswell, a commissioner at the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs, about how the state plans to respond.